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Ryan Bridge: Electricity Crisis - It feels like we're fumbling around in the dark
The power was cut to my place last night.
Don't worry, it was expected. It was a maintenance thing from one in the morning or midnight through till 5 a.m. The heating was off, it was chilly. I think it was six degrees in Auckland last night, not as bad as your zero in Christchurch, granted.
But boy, does it make you think how important electricity is.
You don't know what you've got till it's gone, you wake up, you know, freezing, you've got a cold foot hanging out the bed, you're fumbling around in your undies, trying to find undies because it's dark.
It's quite important to have electricity…
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